Bologna Knocks Rome Out
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SC Freiburg and Celta de Vigo have joined Sporting Braga—which had already eliminated Ferencváros Budapest on Wednesday—in the Europa League quarterfinals! While the Germans completely dismantled Belgian side KRC Genk 5-1, the Spaniards prevailed against Olympique Lyon, thanks in part to an early red card for the French side. Roma, meanwhile, fell short in the all-Italian clash against Bologna.
In Freiburg, the home team started with the burden of a 0-1 loss from the first leg—but they quickly set their sights on advancing to the quarterfinals. Although the visitors managed to counter the two goals by Matthias Ginter (19th minute) and Igor Matanović (25th) with a goal by Matte Smets (39th), the Breisgau side simply steamrolled KRC Genk after the break.
A one-two punch from Vincenzo Grifo (53rd minute) and Yuito Suzuki (56th) sealed the deal, and Maximilian Eggestein (79th) put the icing on the cake. From the Austrian perspective: Philipp Lienhart, who had been struggling with injuries recently, came on as a substitute shortly before the end (81st minute); goalkeeper Tobias Lawal played the full match for the Belgians, and Nikolas Sattlberger also entered the game in the closing stages (83rd minute)
Olympique eliminated by Celta de Vigo
In Lyon, the winner of the league phase—who had been performing so dominantly with seven wins and just one loss—suffered a surprising knockout defeat against Celta de Vigo. The French side, who had secured a draw in Spain, were thrown off their game as early as the 19th minute by a straight red card shown to defender Moussa Niakhaté—yet they remained on course for extra time, at least for the time being. That was all over shortly after the hour mark when Javier Rueda put the visitors ahead (61st). Down a man, they were unable to equalize by the end; in the end, they even conceded a second goal to Ferran Jutgla (90+2) and lost Nicolás Tagliafico to a second yellow card (90+6).
Midtjylland eliminated in penalty shootout
Following Freiburg and Celta de Vigo, Nottingham Forest also advanced to the Europa League quarterfinals. The English side, who had lost the first leg at home 0-1, defeated FC Midtjylland in Denmark via a penalty shootout—after 120 minutes, the score was 2-1 for Nottingham thanks to goals from Nicolas Dominguez (40th) and Ryan Yates (52nd) and Martin Erlic (69th). While the English side converted all their penalties in the shootout, all three of the Danes’ shooters missed.
Bologna Knocks Roma Out in Extra Time
Meanwhile, the Italians went the extra mile. After a 1-1 draw in Bologna, Roma managed to force extra time with a 3-3 equalizer in the 80th minute despite trailing 1-3, before Nicoló Cambiaghi ultimately sealed the 4-3 victory in the 111th minute. Bologna’s quarterfinal opponent is Aston Villa.
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